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NBC Selects Capitals/Penguins Game on Sunday, February 7 as NHL's Gameof the Week

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Staff Writer
/ Washington Capitals

ARLINGTON, Va. - NBC announced today that it has selected the Washington

Capitals' game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, Feb. 7, atVerizon Center, as the NHL's Game of the Week as part of the NHL's andNBC's flexible scheduling policy. The matchup, which will be broadcastin high-definition, will start at 12 p.m.

Sunday's broadcast will be Washington's fifth nationally televised gameof the season, as four have already been broadcast on Versus. In itsfifth season as the network broadcast partner of the NHL, NBC has theoption to choose its regular-season Sunday afternoon broadcasts. This isthe first Capitals game to be broadcast on NBC this season.